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G. W. PITCHER.

Locket.

Patented July 26,1870.

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cou on W, PITGH'ER, or BROOKLYN, ew YORK.

Letters Patent No.105,721, dated m 26,1870.

The sch edu le referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it, known that I, GUItDON W. Prronne, of Brooklymin the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improved Tablet Locket for Photographs, 850.; and the following is declared to be a full and correct description thereof.

Lockets have been made asa. case, with lids open-" ing upon a hinge, and into these lids'hair has been inserted, and sometimes photograph pictures havev been placed beneath the glasses. These lockets are not, however, adapted to holding a number of photographic pictures, but'lockets to open in the fOl'lll of a book have been made for holding photographs.

My invention is made withspecial reference to the reception of photographs of many members of a family, or severalintimate friends, in small compass, and within aninclosing-case of a small or locket size,

thereby enabling a person. to carry abdut with him that in a very small space.

I make use of'flanies of sheet metal that are each open upon one'edge, for the insertion of the picture or the likenesses of those he desires most to see,'aud

; ictures ed ewise and with a 'roovc around inside of t a 9 i:

the framefor holding the edges of the pictures, and several of these frames are united by a screw or rivet passing through them, and also through an inclosiugcase or shell, so that either frame can be swung out for the exhibition of the pictures, and a suspendingloop allows the locket to be hung from the watchchain or guard, the whole forming a new and useful article of manufacture.

In the drawing--- a ly; a

Figure 5 is a transverse view at the line a: 2:. Each frame a is made in an oval, square, or rounded form, and at.the edge of the frame an opening is made,

as at b, to allow a photograph picture, or two pictures. back'to back, to be introduced and slipped into the frame, the edges being held within the groove or rebate that is made around the inside of the said frame a,-as seen in figs. 4 and 5.

The frames may be of whatever shape is desired, the openings for the pictures being made in the edges.

Several of these frames are introduced intothe case screw 0', as a. means for attachingthis locket, bnt'any othermeans for-connecting the locket to the watchchain or clothing may be employed.

Small projecting studs or knobs should be provided upon the edges of the frames, to facilitate the drawing or. swinging out of the respective frames.

I claim' asmypin'vention- The locket'madeof the frames a, having openings in the'edgesthrongh which the pictures are to he slipped, in combination with the inclosing-mise and attaching-min or screw 5, so that the frames can be swung out of the case edgewise, as set forth.

Dated this 25th day of J one, 1870.

GURIJON W. PITGHER.

Witnesses:

Ones. H.- Snrrn, G20. '1. PmcKNnY. 

